Houston (USA), May 31 (EFE) .- The New England Revolution maintained its winning streak as leader of the Eastern Conference, where the recovery of the Philadelphia Union also stood out, and Sporting Kansas City began to show its potential winner in the Western Conference, where the Seattle Sounfers FC lost steam at the conclusion of the seventh day of the Professional Soccer League (MLS) of the United States.
The New England team, under the direction of Spanish midfielder Carles Gil – MLS leader in assists (5) – defeated FC Cincinnati 1-0 on the road and consolidated at the head of the East standings with 17 points (5- 2-1).
While the Union thrashed the Portland Timbers 3-0 and placed in second place with 14 points (4-2-2) three less than the Revolution, but on the rise with their game.
The same happened to Sporting Kansas City in the West, where they came back from a goal against and beat the Houston Dynamo 3-2, which allowed them to rise to second place in the standings with 16 points (5-1-2) one less than the Seattle Sounders who could not go from a 0-0 draw against the new Austin FC franchise, but still lead with 17 points and undefeated (5-3-0).
In the section of the scorers, the Latin American leadership was once again present with the Paraguayan Jesús Medina at the head who marked the one who opened the way to the comeback and the victory of New York City by 1-2 against LAFC and reached the five targets so far this season.
The league’s leading scorer, Mexican Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández, did not score with the Los Angeles Galaxy and remains at the top of the list with seven goals.
– Results of the seventh day:
. Saturday 29 May
Chicago Fire 0 Montreal Impact 1
New York Red Bulls 2 Orlando City 1
FC Cincinnati 0 New England Revolution 1
Columbus Crew 2 Toronto FC 1
Atlanta United 2 Nashville SC 2
LAFC 1 New York City FC 2
Lo Angeles Galaxy 1 San Jose Earthquakes 0
Inter Miami 0 D.C.United 3
Sporting Kansas City 3 Houston Dynamo 2
Colorado Rapids 3 FC Dallas 0
Real Salt Lake 1 Minnesota United 1
. Sunday, May 30
Philadelphia Union 3 Portland Timbers 0
Seattle Sounders FC 0 Austin FC 0
– Eastern Conference Rankings:
PJ GEP GF GC Pts
.1. New England Revolution 8 5 2 1 11 7 17
.2. Philadelphia Union 8 4 2 2 9 5 14
.3. Orlando City SC 7 3 3 1 8 4 12
.4. New York City FC 7 3 2 2 11 6 11
.5. Montreal Impact 8 3 2 3 10 9 11
.6. Columbus Crew 7 3 2 2 7 6 11
.7. Nashville SC 7 2 5 0 9 6 11
.8. Atlanta United 7 2 4 1 9 7 10
.9. New York Red Bulls 7 3 0 4 10 10 9
10. D.C. United 8 3 0 5 8 11 9
11. Inter Miami 8 2 2 4 8 13 8
12. Toronto FC 7 1 2 4 8 12 5
13. Chicago Fire FC 7 1 1 5 4 11 4
14. FC Cincinnati 6 1 1 4 6 15 4
Western Conference Ranking:
PJ GEP GF GC Pts
.1. Seattle Sounders FC 8 5 3 0 14 3 17
.2. Sporting Kansas City 8 5 1 2 15 10 16
.3. Los Angeles Galaxy 7 5 0 2 11 11 15
.4. Colorado Rapids 7 4 1 2 12 7 13
.5. Houston Dynamo 8 3 2 3 11 12 11
.6. San Jose Earthquakes 8 3 0 5 11 12 9
.7. Portland Timbers 7 3 0 4 9 11 9
.8. Real Salt Lake 6 2 3 1 9 7 9
.9. LA Football Club 7 2 2 3 8 9 8
10. Vancouver Whitecaps 7 2 1 4 6 9 7
11. Austin FC 7 2 1 4 5 8 7
12. Minnesota United 7 2 1 4 6 11 7
13. FC Dallas 7 1 3 3 8 11 6
– Scorers classification:
. With 7 goals: Javier Hernández (MEX, Los Angeles Galaxy).
. With 6 goals: Raúl Ruidíaz (PER, Seattle Sounder FC).
. With 5 goals: Jesús Medina (PAR, New York City FC), Alan Pulido (MEX, Sporting Kansas City).
. With 4 goals: Valentín Castellanos (ARG, New York City FC), Gonzalo Higuaín (ARG, Inter Miami), Rubio Rubín (GUA, Real Salt Lake), Maximiliano Urruti (ARG, Houston Dynamo), Canden Clark (USA, New York Red Bulls) and Adam Buksa (POL, New England Revolution)
. Con 3 goles: Diego Rossi (URU, LAFC), Lucas Zelarayán (ARG, Columbus Crew), Cristian Dájome (COL, Vancouver Whitecaps), Marcelino Moreno (ARG, Atlanta United), Cristian Casseres Jr. (VEN, New York Red Bulls) ), Nani (POR, Orlando City SC), Brad Smith (AUS, Seattle Sounders FC), Daniel Sallói (HUN, Sporting Kansas City) and Luka Stojanovic (SRB, Chicago Fire).
– Matches of the eighth day:
12.06: Sporting Kansas City-Austin FC
18.06: New York Red Bulls-Nashville SC y Real Salt Lake-Vancouver Whitecaps.
19.06: Toronto FC-Orlando City SC, Columbus Crew-Chicago Fire, New York City FC-New England Revolution, FC Cincinnati-Colorado Rapids, D.C.United-Inter Miami, FC Dallas-Minnesota United, Austin FC-San Jose Earthquakes, LA Galaxy-Seattle Sounders FC, Portland Timbers-Sporting Kansas City y LAFC-Houston Dynamo.
20.06: Atlanta United-Philadelphia Union.EFE
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